Essays on Autism

Introduction The key purpose of the essay is to design a questionnaire to gain an understanding of own and other’s bias, prejudice, along with assumptions about the lived experience of autism. In addition, the paper will analyse the different perspectives and responses to the questions regarding the presumptions of autism. The purpose of the interview…

Autism is an established neurodevelopment disorder which is detected and usually diagnosed in the early years of a child with Autism. Autism is referred to as Autistic disorder, autism spectrum disorder, Asperger syndrome, and pervasive developmental disorder. “The true definition of Autism is, a neurodevelopmental disorder characterized by impairment in emotional expression and recognition, difficulty…

Carina Morillo spoke on a TED Talk about her son Ivan, October 2016. In her lecture, she talked about how her son was diagnosed with autism at two and a half years old. Her and her husband couldn’t use the internet to find ways to help their son, so she took matters into her own…

“Autism is not a disability, it’s a different ability”. (Duncan, n.d.). Autism, also called autism spectrum disorder is a condition that deals with problems with communication and behavior. Autism can range from minor setbacks to needed full-time care. There are more cases of autism than ever before. It can be very manageable in one person…

The National Autism Society suggest that there are over 3.5 million Americans who are on the Autism spectrum, most of which who go undiagnosed and has grown over 119% since 2000 to present time (Autism Society.2015). With more cases of Autism in the US alone it’s becoming a very prevalent for this condition. Even though…

Many people have different views about autism. Autism is with this, it also has its many forms in the ways it affects people with this disability. Autism should be looked down on as much as it is from others in society. It may seem as if it has more “cons” than “pros” as some call…

As Dr. O. Ivar Lovaas once said, “If they can’t learn the way we teach, we teach the way they learn”, this leads us to believe that people with autism have severe problems understanding language and being able to express their essentials. They frequently have acting out behaviors as a result. Autism is a psychological…

Intro Before big breakthroughs in Autism Spectrum Disorder research, people used to consider people with autism something that they aren’t: Stupid. People have always been afraid of something that they don’t understand and nowadays its easier than ever to just call something “stupid”. That is why before big breakthroughs in ASD Research it was so…

Over the last several decades, there has been a significant increase in the number of children who are diagnosed with autism, or autism spectrum disorder (ASD). According to the Center for Disease Control, in 2012 the rate of children diagnosed with Autism grew by 78% since 2002 (Kuehn, 2012). This can also be supported in…

This Research is one of those cases where I believe the knowledge for autism or autism spectrum disorder was not fully taught to people. Reading this article makes me realize that people must know about autism that they might have a better understanding of children with autism or autism spectrum disorder and might be of…